Family Quotes
Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and the state forever separate.Ulysses S. Grant
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.Pope John Paul II
The most powerful ties are the ones to the people who gave us birth... it hardly seems to matter how many years have passed, how many betrayals there may have been, how much misery in the family We remain connected, even against our wills.Anthony Brandt
Having a thirteen - Year - Old in the family is like having a general - Admission ticket to the movies, radio and TV. You get to understand that the glittering new arts of our civilization are directed to the teen - Agers, and by their suffrage they stand or fall.Max Lerne
Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.J. S. Bryan
To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.Pope John Paul II
The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family to a more unprosperous station; and many who are now in obscurity, may look back upon the affluence and exalted rank of their ancestors.Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775
I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family fued.Helen Kelle
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.Ogden Nash
There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.Jerry Seinfeld
A family is but too often a commonwealth of malignants.Alexander Pope
Let... others call me a hypocrite because I fired a gun in a moment of personal peril. I shall still be for strict gun control. But as long as authorities leave this society awash in drugs and guns, I will protect my family.Carl T. Rowan, Jr.
Hamlet is the tragedy of tackling a family problem too soon after college.Tom Masson
To live so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip, is to have lived well.Author Unknown
It used to take courage - - Indeed, it was the act of courage par excellence - - To leave the comforts of home and family and go out into the world seeking adventure. Today there are fewer places to discover, and the real adventure is to stay at home.Alvaro de Solva
I wonder if the polite thing to do is always the right thing to do. When I met the family from Japan, they all bowed. I pretended like I was going to bow, but then I just kept going and flipped over on my back. I did this five times. I think they got the point.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.Jerry Seinfeld
Having a place to go - Is a home. Having someone to love - Is a family. Having both - Is a blessing.Donna Hedges
The bonds that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each others life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.Richard Bach
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.Jane Howard, "Families".
Some things you do because you want to. Some things you do because of the needs of others in your family.Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 10 - 06 - 05
That family glaze of common references, jokes, events, calamities - That sense of a family being like a kitchen midden layer upon layer of the things daily life is made of. The edifice that lovers build is by comparison delicate and one - Dimensional.Laurie E. Colwin
Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.Vartan Gregorian
The happiest moments of my life have a been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.Thomas Jefferson
If you begin the day with love in your heart, peace in your nerves, and truth in your mind, you not only benefit by their presence but also bring them to others, to your family and friends, and to all those whose destiny draws across your path that day.Unknown
All writers - All people - Have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half - Forgotten, often violent toys on the floor of memory.Sir V Pritchett
A healthy family is sacred territory.Unknown
The family is the nucleus of civilization.William James Durant
Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.Martin Mull
A family, although not a necessity, is the ultimate luxury.Eric Pio
Love is this divine ingredient. It alone describes what can be our perfect relationship to our Heavenly Father and our family and neighbors, and the means by which we accomplish His work.David B. Haight
The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the Irving Wallace family - They have preservatives.Calvin Trillin
Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!Joachim Du Bellay, Sonnet de Regrets
Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.Charles Dudley Warne
The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.Mary Catherine Bateson
Family means too much, Friends are too valuable, And life is too short, To put - Off sharing with people, How much they really mean to you, And pursuing whatever it is that makes you happy.Unknown
Many men can make a fortune by very few can build a family.J. S. Bryan
